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Contents -- 1 Introduction -- Abstract -- 1 The Definition of a Supreme Court -- 1.1 Deciding Individual Cases -- 1.2 Final Judgments -- 1.3 Authoritative Judgments -- 2 Access to the Supreme Court -- 2.1 Tasks of the Supreme Court -- 2.2 United Kingdom -- 2.3 Nordic Countries -- 2.4 Netherlands -- 2.5 Spain -- 2.6 German-Speaking Countries -- 2.7 Chile -- 2.8 France -- 2.9 Croatia and Slovenia -- 2.10 Italy -- 3 Final Remarks -- Reference -- 2 The Chinese Supreme People's Court in Transition -- Abstract -- 1 Overview -- 1.1 The Four-Level and Two-Instance Court System in China -- 1.2 The Constitutional Position of the Supreme People's Court -- 1.3 The Fundamental Function of the Supreme People's Court -- 1.4 The Inner Structure/Departments of the Supreme People's Court -- 1.4.1 The Docketing Division -- 1.4.2 The Criminal Divisions -- 1.4.3 The Civil Divisions -- 1.4.4 The Administrative Division -- 1.4.5 The Judicial Supervision Division -- 1.4.6 The Trial Management Office -- 1.5 The Judicial Committee of the Supreme People's Court -- 1.6 The Judges of the Supreme People's Court -- 1.7 History and Political Function -- 2 The Civil Adjudicative Function of the Supreme People's Court -- 2.1 Appeals Tried by the Supreme People's Court -- 2.2 Reopening Cases by Way of the Judicial Supervision Procedure -- 3 The Interpretive Function of the Supreme People's Court -- 3.1 The Legal Basis of the Right of Judicial Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court -- 3.2 How the Supreme People's Court Implements Its Judicial Interpretation Authority -- 3.2.1 Abstract Interpretations Analogous to Law -- 3.2.2 Reply for Specific Cases -- 3.3 Reforms of Judicial Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court -- 3.4 The Guiding Case Institution -- 4 Conclusion -- Bibliography

Introduction -- Towards a Reform of the French Court of Cassation? -- Finding a Cure or Simply Relieving Symptoms? The Case of the Italian Supreme Court -- Back in Focus: Case Overload and Case Selection Standards in the Spanish Supreme Court -- Sharing Responsibility: The German Federal Court of Justice and the Civil Appellate System -- Access to the Austrian Oberster Gerichtshof: Attempts to Strike a Balance Between Adequate Workload and Adequate Review -- Croatia: Supreme Court between Individual Justice and System Management -- The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and the Court of Appeal in England and Wales: Sharing the Appellate Load -- A Happy-Go-Lucky Story: The American Supreme Court and Overload Problems -- Case Selection and Writ of Certiorari in Argentina: 'Transcendence' as a Case-Selection Parameter at the Federal Supreme Court.